Highlights
- Seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 25,000 to 2,181,000.
- The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 5.0 percent.
- The seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate decreased to 68.4 percent.
|
Seasonally adjusted |
March 2009 quarter |
Quarterly change |
Annual change |
| Unemployment rate |
5.0% |
+0.3 |
+1.2 |
| Unemployed |
114,000 |
+6.1% |
+34.2% |
| Employed |
2,181,000 |
-1.2% |
+0.8% |
| Not in the labour force |
1,062,000 |
+2.5% |
-1.1% |
| Labour force participation rate |
68.4% |
-0.7 |
+0.7% |
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
7 May 2009
ISSN 1178-0487 |
See also Household Labour Force Survey: March 2009 quarter – Media release.
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